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Isaac Greenwood

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Gender Male
Death279 years ago
Date of birth May 11,1702
Zodiac sign Taurus
Born Boston
Massachusetts
United States
Date of died October 22,1745
DiedCharleston
South Carolina
United States
Field Mathematics
Education Harvard College
Harvard University
BooksArithmetick Vulgar and Decimal: With the Application Thereof, to a Variety of Cases in Trade, and Commerce
A Friendly Debate; Or, A Dialogue, Between Academicus; and Sawney & Mundungus, Two Eminent Physicians, about Some of Their Late Performances
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Isaac Greenwood Life story


Professor Isaac Greenwood was the first Hollisian Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Harvard College. He graduated at Harvard in 1721, and was instrumental in the smallpox inoculation controversy of that year, speaking out in favour of inoculation.

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